Distributing-valve.



IV. SCHNAIEH.

DISTRIBUTING VALVE.

APPLICATION F|LEn1uLY|5.1913.

Patented June 13, 1916.

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DISTRIBUTING VALVEl APPLICATION FILED 1uLYI5. I9I3.

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DISTRIBUTlNG-VALVE.

To all 'whom z'tmay, concern.

Be it known that 1, MILTON SGHNAIER, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the countyand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Distributing-Valves, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact specification. vMy invention relates to improvements in means forcontrolling the How 0f fluid and the same has for its object to providea simple, ellicient and reliable valve by means of which the iow offluid may be readily directed to one or the other of a plurality ofoutlets.

Further said invention has for its object to provide a valve having aplurality of outlets controlled by a single member which serves to sealone of said outlets as it unseals the other thereof.

Further said invention has for its object to provide a secondary valveto operate in conjunction with the main valve, and which secondary valveis provided with a plurality of outlets controlled by a single memberwhich serves toseal one of said outlets and unseal the other thereof, inorder to permit the liow of fluid therethrough when said main valve hasbeen opened to permit of the flow of fluid to said secondary valve.

Further said invention has for its-object to provide a valve adaptedfor'use, for example, 1n connection with-a bath tub and a shower bathand by means of which the supply of water maybe admitted tosaid bath tubas the supply to said shower is cut off, and vice versa. 1 v

To the attainment of the aforesaid objects and ends my inventionconsists in the novel details of construction and in the combination,connection and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described andthen pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this vspecification whereinlike numerals of reference indicate like parts- Figure 1 is a plan viewshowin one form of distributing valve constructe according to andembodying my said invention; Fig. 2 is a .central transversesection ofthe `same taken essentially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Specification of Letters Patent. Patgnigdl Jun@ 13, 1916 applicationfiled July 15,1913. serial No. 779,092.-

Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1showing the valve as having unsealed the lower of the outlets in saidvalve and adjusted to position to seal the upper of said outlets, andFig. 4 is V- a similar view showing the valve as having unsealed theupper of said outlets and being adjusted to outlets. j

1n said drawings 10 designates a valve casing which is oblong in shapeand divided horizontally by a partition 12, having a central opening 13therein provided at its upper edge with a-valve seat 14. The casingposition to seal the lower of said l0 is provided at one of its endswith an inlet Y opening within which is fitted one end of a supply pipe`1.5 leading from a source of water supply, and at the opposite end ofsaid casing is provided an outlet openin into which is fitted one end ofa pipe 16 having its other end connected, for example, with a faucet o-rother suitable outlet discharging into a bath tub.

From the top of the casing 10`extends up- Wardly a cylindrical casinportion 11 which is provided in its side directly above the openingwithin which the pipe 16 is secured, with an opening into whichis'secured one end of a pipe 16a whose other end is connected, forexample, with the spray head of a shower bath. Upon the inner surface ofsaid casing portion 11 adjacent to its lower edge are provided screwthreads, and into said casing portion 11 is fitted a hollow plug 17provided upon its outer surface, adjacent to its lower edge with screwthreads adapted to engage with those upon the inner surface of saidcasing portion 11. v The plug 17 is provided upon its outer surfaceadjacent to its upper edge with an annular bead or rim 18 which isadapted to engage the upper edge of said casing1 portion 11 in order tolimit the inward movement of said plug 17 when the same is screwed intosaid casing ortion 11. The hollow plug 17 is provide in its outersurface intermediate the screw threads thereon, and its rim or bead 18with a large `annular groove 19, androppositely arranged v tion 12, andis provided at its vwith a valve seat 22.

ranged in line with-the opening in the porlower edge y23 denotes avalvestem which is centrally disposed within the plug 17, and has its lowerend extending through the opening 21 in the base of said plug 17. Thelower end of said valveV stein 23 is screw threaded and engages with thethreaded portion of a vertical opening provided in the solid upperportion or head of said plug 17. The eX- treme lower end of said. valvestem 23 is i v provided with areduced portion 24 upon which is looselydisposed a nut 25 which is maintained in position upon said reducedportion 24 by ahead 26 on vthe lower end of said reduced portion.. 27denotes a valve member which is provided at' its upper and lower edgeswith valve'faces28, 29 adapted to seat upon the valve seats 22 and `14:,respectively, whenl said valve stem 23 is rotated one way or the otherto raise or lower said valve member. The valve' member 27 is provided inits upper surface with a central internally threaded recess 30v with'which the nut 25- on the valve stem 23 is and internally adaptedy toengagein order to valve member 27 to revolve freely upon the lower endof said valve stem 23. The upper end vof said plug 17 is reduced indiameter recessed to form a stuffing 'box 31 to receive a packing'32 andgland upon thetop position, thereon by lscrews 38, 38 secured to ears39, 39 provided--upon the lopposite upper edges of the circular,intermediate por- 33, which are held properly in position' therein by a'nut 34.

The upper end of the valve stem isprovided with an operating handle 35,and below said handle with 'a downwardly eX` tending pointer 36.

-37 denotes a cover orface plate disposed of 'the plug 17 and secured intion 11 of the casing 10.

The operation of my valve is as follows:

The. water, atl the desired temperature, is receivedthrougle the pipe 15and if-thesame l isto be delivered vto the bathtub faucet by way of thepipe16, the valve member 27 should be adjusted 4to the position shown atFig. 3, by turning the4 handle 35 to--the left .until the same .assumesthel position shown at' Fig. 1 with the pointer 36 opposite the wordBath on the cover plate 37. When the handle is so turned-to the left.thevalve 'stem 23 will becaused tov rise, and the valve facej28at'the upperedge of the valve membei' 27 caused to seat against its seat 22 providedat the base vofthe plug 17. As said l. A.a0

lvalve face 28 is caused to seat, the valve face v 29 at'the lower edge.of themember 27 will caused to -unseal the opening 13 in the portion 12,.and thereby permit water to flow from the inlet pipe 16 into theportion yof thecasing abovelthe partition 12, and

allow said i an opening,

thence pass through the opening 13 in said partition into the spacebelow said partition and pass out of said casing through the outletopening and pipe 16 connecting with the faucet of the bath tub. When itis desired to direct the flow ofwater to the shower or spray head, thevalve stem 23 is turned in the reverse direction and until the pointer36 comes opposite the word Shower. This-.movement of the valve loweredge of the member 27 to close the opening 13 in the partition 12, andsimultaneously therewith unseal the opening 21 in the base of the plug17, and permit the water to pass through said opening 21, andy into thehollow plug 17, and thence through the vopenings 20, 20 and groove 19therein to the outlet .and pipe 16aN outlet with the shower spray head.

It will be noted that by means of my improved distributing valve I amenabled to direct the flow of water to the bathtub or the spray head bymerely giving the valve stema half turn, and that as soon as the valvemember begins to open one opening it begins to seal the other thereof.Further it will be noted that as the valve is a quickacting one, and haspractically no intermediate position the valve is always in condition topermitv of the passage of water therethrough 'tol one or outlet pipes16, 16a. l

'Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is :4-

- 1. A valve of the character described comprising .a casing having aninlet and a pluralityy of outlets arranged one above the other, apartition positioned between the inlet and one of the outlets andprovided with an opening, said inlet and outlet being alined, .aremovable, hollow plug secured in the casing between the inlet and theother of' said outlets', saidplug having an opening in its base andhaving an aperture in its side communicating with said `other outlet, a

valve positioned within the casing, and a valve stem for .actuating thevalve to seal Ieither of. said openings as the other thereof isunsealed,substantially as specified.

the other of said'v connecting said lois 2. A valve of thecharacterdescribed comprising'a casing having in its lower portion an inl-et andan outlet, said inlet and outlet being alined, 'a partition positionedbetween v'said inlet and said outlet and provided with'. said casinghaving an upwardlyextending cylindrical portion-provided with a secondoutlet, said cylindrical portion having a thread formed in its innersurface below said. second outlet, a removable, hollow plug positionedwithin said casing and provided with a thread adjacent its base toengage 'the thread in said cylindrical portion, said plug having anopening in its 7D stem will cause the valve face 29 at the base andhaving an aperture .in its side communicating With said second out1et,aValve positioned Within said easing, and a Valve stem for actuating thevalve to seal either of said openings as the other thereof is untsealed,substantially as specified.

Signed at the city of New York, in the lcounty and State of New York,this 14th day of June, one thousand nine mmmd ,and thirteen. l

- MILTON SCHNAIER. Witnesses FREDK. L. WILSON, W. Bouton, Jr.

